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Hubble captures M88 on journey to center of Virgo cluster
- June 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), also known as NGC 4501, is located about 63 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair).
Originally published at Phys.org